| 人生一世，草木一春 |
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn |
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 人生 |
rén shēng |
life (one's time on earth) |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一世 |
yī shì |
generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) |
| 世 |
Shì |
surname Shi |
| 世 |
shì |
life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble |
| 草 |
cǎo |
variant of 草 |
| 草 |
cǎo |
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵,撮,株,根 |
| 草 |
cào |
variant of 肏 |
| 草木 |
cǎo mù |
vegetation / plants |
| 木 |
Mù |
surname Mu |
| 木 |
mù |
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 春 |
chūn |
old variant of 春 |
| 春 |
Chūn |
surname Chun |
| 春 |
chūn |
spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life |